The funeral of veteran Scottish entertainer Jimmy Logan has taken place at Glasgow Cathedral.

The all-round entertainer, actor and producer died on Friday at the age of 73.

He had been suffering from cancer of the oesophagus.

Comedian Billy Connolly led the tributes to the entertainment legend, bringing laughter from the mourners in the process.

Billy Connolly paid tribute to his hero

He told how he had decided to become a comic after his aunt took him to see Mr Logan at the age of 12.

"It was like a blinding flash on the road to
Damascus, it was so profound," he said.

He told how he had been left helpless with laughter as he listened and watched Mr Logan.

However, he was later sacked from a theatre job by his hero after he played a trick on
another entertainer by tying a toy snake to a microphone.

"I had gone over the score and Jimmy was sent for. He said, 'Come here I'll
give you another laugh - you're out of here'," Mr Connolly told the congregation.

Jimmy had much more talent and was 20 times more versatile than Harry Lauder

Tom Fleming

He said that he grew to love Mr Logan "like a brother, a relative" and said he had shown "the most colossal strength I had ever seen".

He said Mr Logan was "a man of immense
strength, admirable and a man I am proud to say was a friend of mine".

Mr Logan, whose real name was James Short, was part of the Short entertainment dynasty that began with his parents, who were music hall stars.

His sister Heather - one of his four siblings, all of whom became entertainers - gave a family tribute at the funeral.

She spoke of the fun the family had during their years on stage together.

She said: "We were so busy getting on with it we didn't realise how great
those times were but when you look back you have wonderful, wonderful
memories."

Jimmy Logan starred on stage, screen and radio

The Chief Constable of Strathclyde Police, Sir John Orr, and actor Tom Fleming also delivered tributes at the service.

Mr Fleming told mourners that when Mr Logan
had heart bypass surgery in 1993, he said that if anything went wrong he wanted his funeral to be in Glasgow Cathedral and his coffin draped
with the flag of Scotland.